Planning+of+Our+Project




 * In order for us to be able to narrow down and organize our community project, our class met on a weekly basis to identify populations in the community that are in need of oral health care. **


 * February 23, 2012 **


 * The class of 2012 met together and narrowed down the community project choices to three options. We then voted on which project would be our first choice, and then our second choice, and our third choice. Here is the proposed order of choices: **
 * #1: Special Olympics **


 * #2: Teen Challenge **


 * #3: LLU Hospital-Adult Oncology **


 * The class of 2012 then voted on who the secretary would be to design website and do all secretarial duties and Shanae was voted as the secretary. **


 * March 23, 2012 **


 * The class of 2012 met together to assign everyone to research specific topics within the community and then discuss how we will plan our program. **


 * Kim- Health care **
 * Lauren- Education **
 * Amber- Public Transportation (cost, routes, hubs). **
 * Arlene- Special Olympics, Group Homes **
 * Monica- Updates on Weather **
 * Natalie- Water Fluoridation and what areas **
 * Elena- Population- divided into subsets (age, gender, socio-economical status, etc.) **
 * Elina- Morbidity and mortality rates **
 * Asia-Crime Rate **
 * Velinda- unemployment rates **
 * Candice- Government Rep. **
 * Charlene- Religious **
 * Ashley- Recreational **
 * Yelena- Geographical **


 * We then discussed what we wanted to know about our special needs population **


 * 1. Age **
 * 2. Ethnicity **
 * 3. Health/Physical/Disabilities **
 * 4. Gender **
 * 5. Dental Care Practices **
 * 6. Living Situation (Independence) **
 * 7. Employment **
 * 8. Education (adult, traditional, non-traditional) **
 * 9. Who is their support system? (caretaker, guardian) **
 * 10. Area they live in? **
 * 11. Hobbies (fun activities) **
 * 12. What do they want? **


 * We also had some questions that we brainstormed that we wanted to ask our key informant (Stacy Fish) so that we could get a better idea of our special needs olympians. Some questions that we felt would be relevant to know about our population included: **


 * 1. What is the primary age range of the Special Olympics participants? **


 * 2. Are activities catered to specific age groups or do all age groups participate in all activities? **


 * 3. What gender is predominant among the Special Olympics participants? **


 * 4. What are the top three disabilities affecting the Special Olympians? **


 * 5. How often do the majority of participants visit the dentist on average? **


 * 6. Approximately what amount of participants lives independently? **


 * 7. Approximately what amount of participants resides in assisted living homes? **


 * 8. Approximately what amount of participants lives with their families? **


 * 9. How is transportation arranged and do they have transportation available to participate in activities? **


 * 10. What level /type of education have the majority of Special Olympians received? **


 * The other assessment tool we wanted to use but did not get a chance to was the focus group where we would ask the special needs Olympians specific questions to get an idea of how interactive they would be as well as try to see what they knew about going to the dentist. **


 * Questions to ask focus group: **


 * - What do they like to do for fun? **
 * - Do you have a job? **
 * - If they had one wish, what would it be? **
 * - How many times a day do you brush your teeth? **
 * - Do you go to the dentist? **


 * The last assessment tool that we used was records and documents and we went to the special Olympics website so we could get the history behind it all. **


 * April 26, 2012 **


 * The class of 2012 discussed the special olympics and what the need, goal, and objective is for our program **


 * __Need__: To be able to perform oral hygiene properly **


 * __Goal__: To increase the ability to perform proper oral hygiene **


 * __Objective__: 75% of the participants will be able to demonstrate proper tooth brushing. **


 * __Planning__: Clinicians will demonstrate brushing on the big mouth and inform them that it needs to be for 2 minutes in the morning and at night. **


 * __Evaluation__: Through our data collection worksheet we will document all that participated and if they were able to demonstrate proper oral hygiene or not. **


 * In order to successfully track our data, we decided to develop a data collection sheet to keep track of our evaluations. **


 * __Data Collection__: **


 * Male or Female? **


 * Were they able to demonstrate proper oral hygiene? **
 * YES NO **


 * Were they willing to participate? **
 * YES NO **


 * The class of 2012 assigned duties prior to and the day of the special olympics and decided on what attire would be appropriate in order to represent our class in a professional manner. It was also decided that all special olympians who participated in our oral health booth would receive a goody bag containing oral hygiene aids and information about our dental hygiene clinic, and any participant would also receive a coupon to allow them to receive free dental hygiene services at our clinic. We decided to have a morning shift and an afternoon shift. **


 * Asia- In charge of sign for our booth “Come Brush With Us.” **


 * Kim, Lauren, Natalie, Candice, Elina- In charge of making 410 bags with toothbrushes, and clinic information. **


 * Ashley-In charge of asking Pilar for coupons and purple clinic fliers. **


 * Arlene- Ice Chest **


 * Kim- Bottled Water **


 * Everyone is to wear MVC scrub tops and scrub pants OR jeans **
 * NO SHORTS **
 * NO SANDALS **


 * Morning Shift (8:30-11:30am): **
 * 1. Kim **
 * 2. Charlene **
 * 3. Asia **
 * 4. Lauren **
 * 5. Ashley **
 * 6. Candice **
 * 7. Monica **
 * 8. Natalie **
 * 9. Ms. Lesser **


 * Afternoon Shift (11:30-2:30pm): **
 * 1. Arlene **
 * 2. Elina **
 * 3. Yelena **
 * 4. Velinda **
 * 5. Shanae **
 * 6. Amber **
 * 7. Elena **